'Game changer' e-moped batteries spread from Taiwan across Asia
Global sales of electric motorbikes, scooters and mopeds are estimated to have topped 25 million units in 2020, or 35% of total sales of two-wheeled vehicles.
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Global sales of electric motorbikes, scooters and mopeds are estimated to have topped 25 million units in 2020, or 35% of total sales of two-wheeled vehicles.
Every day, Aiden Lee joins the hundreds of thousands of people getting around Taipei on two wheels, but when most of his fellow riders head to a gasoline pump to refuel, he takes his e-scooter to one of Taiwan’s increasingly commonplace battery-swapping stations — tech that its creators say could supercharge the shift from fossil fuels. “Honestly, if it weren’t for battery swapping — which, by the way, is even faster than filling up at a gas station — I wouldn’t use an electric bike,” the marketing executive said. “I don’t think I have the time to wait for the battery
According to government sales figures, ebikes make up 21% of all motorbikes in Taiwan, with sales of traditional petrol models in double-digit decline annually.
Gogoro started off 2022 with an announcement that it plans to have more of its battery-swapping GoStations throughout Taiwan than gas stations in 2022.
Gogoro and its partners sold 93,999 electric scooters in 2021 | 2022-01-12 15:55:00